It's no secret that Danish design is officially hot (after all, the Danes practically invented everything mid-century) but if this year's new interior design show Home is anything to go by, then we'll be rocking the Nordic vibe on our walls, beds, sofas, shelves and anywhere else we have room for it. Forget Sarah Lund's jumper for a moment, if you can: have you seen Birgitte Nyborg's house? Or, despite the general mess she lives in, that gorgeous coffee maker in the corner of Katrine Fønsmark's kitchen? Tak, Borgen, for your design insight.

Home is a trade show which attracts buyers from all the main design and interiors stores (John Lewis, Not On The High Street, Selfridges, Heals, Anthropologie and so on). It runs alongside its big brother show, Topdrawer, which showcases gifts and fashion accessories to buyers and is a major barometer for future trends. The shows, which ran mid-January 2012 for three days, are the first buying shows of the year, which means some of things spotted there are what you'll see in stores later this year.

By my estimation, over a quarter of the exhibitors at Home were either Danish, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish. Danish design company Ferm Living was in demand - I had to queue to speak to the brand's representative. It's all very stylish and very graphic; fresh colours, clean geometric patterns repeated all over cushions and throws, tea pots and tumblers in minty greens and a bright, bold nursery range featuring fox cushions, which I suspect won't just be confined to nurseries (could the fox replace the on-going owl trend?). "We are retro meets modern," manager Mette Breindahl told me. "Danish design is clean and honest, the colours are complimentary - less is more, and everything is functional."

Danish textile designers Strikaholic were showcasing their graphic textiles too - they have a whole range of retro, Fair Isle-esque cushions based on old-school Scandinavian knitting patterns with Old Norse symbols. Manostiles, another Danish company exhibiting, did the pretty-yet-practical thing rather well, with stackable storage boxes printed with tiny, simple squares and circles in black, grey and coral, while Rice sort of exploded with its usual frenzy of melamine plates.

Among those flying the flag for Finland was Verso Design doing a warm, wintry range of thick felt textiles (coasters, runners, trays) and throws. Of course much-loved Marimekko was there, to show off its new range, 'Helsinki', which comes out later this year to celebrate Helsinki's status as world design capital of the year. For any Marimekko afficionados, the Helsinki pattern happens to be out of its archives, originally designed in 1952 - so it's very vintage.

A teapot by Lotta Odelius at the 2012 Home show. Photograph: Huma Qureshi

There were tons of Swedish designers (including Pappelina, Design House Stockholm and Ary Trays, but a set of teapots with folksy patterns designed by Lotta Odelius, described as the Cath Kidston of Sweden, for Sagaform seemed to be on everyone's wishlist (so much so they ended up being used on all the promotional posters for the Home show itself).

But wait! There's stuff to look out for from British designers too. Fond favourites like Donna Wilson, Ella Doran and Lisa Stickley had their coveted but pricey textiles out on show, and there are less well known names to look out for too, such as Alexandra Snowdon. She's one of Not On The High Street's success stories - she handprints all her simple, typographic totes and cards from her kitchen table. Snowdon said she'd received a tonne of trade orders.

Designed in England's 'Sayings in Stitch mugs' are proper Blighty cuppas, with captions like 'Alright my lover' and 'Ay Up Me Duck' cross-stitched (well, not really, but made to look like it) across the front - they're designed by the very talented Andrew Tanner who apparently has been called the William Morris of his day.

But by far my absolute favourite things at the whole show were the cushions by Scottish designer Nikki McWilliams. McWilliams's screen-printed cushions made to look like biscuits, yes, biscuits - are perky and a bit retro. There's a Nice biscuit (my favourite), a malted milk, a digestive, a bourbon and a Tunnock's caramel wafer too. With biscuits like these, you won't complain about crumbs on the sofa again.

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